1. Laser manipulation of the size and shape of supported nanoparticles

   • F. Stietz

   Pages: 381 - 394

2. Electronic band structures of low-dimensional adsorbate systems: Rare-gas adsorption on transition metals

   • W. Widdra

   Pages: 395 - 404

3. Exchange processes in interlayer diffusion – kinks, corners and the growth mode

   • M. Schmid
   • E. Lundgren
   • P. Varga

   Pages: 405 - 412

4. Quasiparticle spectrum and optical excitations of semiconductor surfaces

   • M. Rohlfing

   Pages: 413 - 419

5. Chemical-state specificity in surface structure determination

   • D.P. Woodruff

   Pages: 421 - 428

6. Oxygen vacancies at oxide surfaces: ab initio density functional theory studies on vanadium pentoxide

   • K. Hermann
   • M. Witko
   • R. Tokarz

   Pages: 429 - 442

7. Atomistic processes and the strain distribution in the early stages of thin film growth

   • V.S. Stepanyuk
   • D.I. Bazhanov
   • J. Kirschner

   Pages: 443 - 446

8. Surface magnetism of iron and cobalt on W (110) probed with polarized synchrotron radiation

   • J. Bansmann

   Pages: 447 - 453

9. Surface magnetism: From the spin-resolved density of states to magnetic domain imaging on the nanometer scale

   • M. Getzlaff

   Pages: 455 - 462

10. High-resolution magnetic imaging by local tunneling magnetoresistance

    • W. Wulfhekel
    • H.F. Ding
    • J. Kirschner

    Pages: 463 - 470

11. Preferential regrowth of indium–tin oxide (ITO) films deposited on GaN (0001) by rf-magnetron sputter

    • K.-H. Shim
    • M.C. Paek
    • J.Y. Kang

    Invited paper Pages: 471 - 474

12. Pulsed-laser-induced transformation path of graphite to diamond via an intermediate rhombohedral graphite

    • G.W. Yang
    • J.B. Wang

    Pages: 475 - 479

13. Anisotropic properties of carbonaceous material produced in arc discharge

    • A.V. Okotrub
    • L.G. Bulusheva
    • A.V. Gusel’nikov

    Pages: 481 - 486

14. Novel technique for hetero-epitaxial diamond film growth on cubic boron nitride from iron carbide at high temperature and high pressure

    • L.W. Yin
    • M.S. Li
    • Z.Y. Hao

    Rapid communication Pages: 487 - 490

15. Reflection and mode conversion of surface acoustic waves studied by scanning acoustic force microscopy

    • G. Behme
    • T. Hesjedal

    Rapid communication Pages: 491 - 493

16. Characterization of high-quality MBE-grown GaN films on intermediate-temperature buffer layers

    • C.F. Zhu
    • W.K. Fong
    • C. Surya

    Rapid communication Pages: 495 - 497

17. Silicon grain arrays prepared using a pattern crystallization technique of pulsed-excimer laser irradiation

    • D. He
    • W. Cheng
    • G. Wu

    Rapid communication Pages: 499 - 501

18. Microstructures of grain boundaries in (001)-oriented strontium bismuth tantalate thin films grown by pulsed laser deposition

    • X. Zhu
    • T. Zhu
    • N. Ming

    Rapid communication Pages: 503 - 507